With everything else that’s happening in the world today, debates about whether humanity should embrace as yet nonexistent technologies that could enhance our physical and intellectual abilities and someday make us „more than human“ may seem frivolous.
Should medical researchers be allowed to create human-animal hybrids to investigate disease? No, says an ethics think tank that advises the Scottish Parliament. Yes, says Ian Wilmut of the University of Edinburgh, creator of Dolly the cloned sheep.
„If one day a bionic hand outperformed a biological hand just on sheer practical performance — like dexterity, strength and speed — I’d probably consider replacing my biological hand,“ said Kyle Peterson, a 21-year-old information science major at the University of North Florida in an e-mail.
Keys, cards, passports and PINs could soon be a thing of the past as biometric technology makes our bodies the only passwords we need.
